Foodstuffs: Coffee Company Fare, Farm Stand Shares and Spring Openings

Hampton Coffee Company Fare

Some new additions are coming to the menu at Hampton Coffee Company in April. Among them are lemon coconut scones which are being baked every morning at each of Hampton Coffee Company’s cafés from Center Moriches to Montauk to go along with the Wild Maine Blueberry flavored coffee, a seasonal special that can be enjoyed by the cup or as beans to bring home. Free samples are offered as well, every day from opening until lunchtime.

If you’re more of a latte person, Hampton Coffee Company’s hot and iced pistachio lattes, introduced in March, are staying on the menu for a while longer. And for fans of shaken beverages, Hampton Coffee Company is letting customers choose their own flavor this month for their shaken cold brew and shaken espresso drinks.

For lunch or an anytime snack this spring, Hampton Coffee Company is introducing the “Healthy Hummus Box” with delicious lemon hummus served with grape tomatoes, fresh-cut celery, and baby carrots. Great for a quick grab and go picnic lunch.

All these new additions are available at every Hampton Coffee Company café location or order on the Hampton Coffee app for fast and contactless pick-up. If you can’t get to one of the six cafés, you can order the Wild Maine Blueberry coffee beans online at hamptoncoffeecompany.com.

Farmstand Shares

It’s not too late to sign up for Marilee’s Farmstand’s weekly CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program. In fact, you can do so on a weekly basis. Visit marileesfarmstand.com for the details, including discounts for seniors, teachers, health care workers, EMTs and firefighters, and pick-up and delivery options. A weekly email tells members what’s in each basket ($50 per, without discount). Every basket features a range of goods and a recipe. Pick yours up, and shop for additional spring produce at Marilee Foster’s farm stand at 698 Sagg Main Street, in Sagaponack, beginning Friday, April 14. That same day, local cookbook author Stacy Dermont will be at the annual reopening of the farm stand to sign copies of her regional cookbook and wine-pairing guide “The Hamptons Kitchen.” Co-written with Bridgehampton’s Hillary Davis, the book features photos by Barbara Lassen, including shots of Marilee’s Farmstand produce.

The stand will be open every Friday and expanding to other days of the week as more crops come in. Look for events at the stand throughout the season including pop-up vendors like the Springs Brewery, as well as farmer talks and more.

The Fosters are famous for growing the best of local crops in the rich Bridgehampton loam for six generations. Today, Marilee and her brother, Dean, raise 30 acres of vegetables alongside 200 acres of potatoes and grains. Marilee Foster specializes in heirloom tomatoes and farms a full range of seasonal vegetables year-round.

For more information about the CSA program, email info@marileesfarmstand.com. Or call 631-537-0070.

Wine Workshops in Wainscott

Nick & Toni’s announces the return of #WineWednesday Workshops in collaboration with Wainscott Main Wine & Spirits. Spearheaded by Honest Man Hospitality beverage director and certified sommelier Chimene Visser Macnaughton, the all-levels workshops feature certification-level seminars designed around tasting flights with a designated theme. Held each Wednesday through May 10, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., classes are $35 each in advance, and the ticket includes a welcome party with salad, pizza or other small plates from Nick & Toni’s kitchen. Tasting sheets and crystal stemware will also be provided.

“Wine education programming is personal for me, and these all-levels workshops are the professional accomplishment for which I am most proud,” said workshop founder Chimene Visser Macnaughton. “Begun in 2002 as an industry-only tasting group hosted at my restaurant in Sun Valley, the idea followed me here to Long Island. When we opened Wainscott Main Wine & Spirits in 2014, I relaunched these tasting seminars for our whole East End community as #WineWednesday Workshops. Each spring and fall, expert speakers come to us from all walks of the wine industry. Winemakers, importers, sommeliers, and wine educators generously share their knowledge and experience through flights of wines that are meaningful to them. In 2022, classes moved to our restaurants in East Hampton Village. Now in our 9th year of collaboration with Wainscott Main, I’m thrilled to gather again starting April 5th with our Grand (tasting) Cru in the back dining room at Nick & Toni’s. See you at the tasting tables!”

Space in classes is limited. Visit nickandtonis.com for details.

Bostwick’s Is Back for the Summer Season

Bostwick’s Chowder House reopened for the 2023 season on March 30. Business hours, leading into the summer, are Thursday through Sunday beginning at 11:30 a.m. Bostwick’s classic menu will return with crowd favorites including appetizers like baked stuffed clams, seared tuna and raw bar sampler as well as homemade chowders and soups. Entrées include fish and chips, seafood pasta, fluke Milanese, crab cakes, fish tacos, lobster Roll, tuna poke bowl and flounder sandwich.

Bostwick’s Chowder House is at 277 Pantigo Road, East Hampton. For more information visit bostwickschowderhouse.com or call 631-324-1111.

EHP Hospitality Group Expands Its Restaurant Offerings

EHP Hospitality Group is expanding its food presence on the East End and is gearing up for the summer season. At EHP Resort & Marina in East Hampton, home to three different dining experiences, the waterfront restaurant Sunset Harbor (313 Three Mile Harbor Hog Creek Road, ehpresort.com/sunsetharbor) will introduce a brand-new Japanese-inspired menu after last year’s opening success. The new menu will include items like fresh toro sashimi paired with house kimchi, baked king crab hand roll and charcoal grilled halibut. Sunset Harbor will join Sí Sí (295 Three Mile Harbor Hog Creek Road, ehpresort.com/sisi), the open-air Mediterranean restaurant offering flavors of Italy, Greece, Spain and Morocco, and Buongiorno (295 Three Mile Harbor Hog Creek Road, ehpresort.com/Buongiorno) the Italian-style bakery and cafe offers grab-and-go items along with fresh baked goods and City of Saints coffee — all with waterfront views.

In Southampton Village, Enchanté will debut this spring as a brand new modern French-inspired bistro housed in the former Red Bar space, Enchanté (210 NY-27A, Southampton, enchantebistro.com). Combining the rich experiences of both Parisian brasseries and seaside dining in the South of France, the revived restaurant will feature signature items like a rainbow trout amandine, classics like French onion soup and escargot, salad Lyonnaise and a selection of frites such as whole lobster or mussels. A semi-private dining room will play host to intimate celebratory moments, while at the bar, patrons will have a front row seat to classic cocktails and endless pours of wine, both old world and new.

Finally, in Hampton Bays, the Inn Spot opens for its second season as an EHP venture. Located on Shinnecock Bay, just steps from Ponquogue Beach, this season the property adds additional guest rooms and offers casual Latin American-inspired menu from its Crash Cantina (32 Lighthouse Road, Hampton Bays, theinnspot.com/crashcantina).